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Bowl barrow 500m north east of Bere Down Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises a simple earthen mound of circular plan, typical of bowl barrow construction during the second millennium BCE. Bowl barrows of this form were used as burial places and represent a significant phase of funerary practice in prehistoric Britain, succeeding the Neolithic long barrow tradition. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains of archaeological and historical interest as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in Dorset.
Bowl barrow 500m north east of Bere Down Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015380. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 500m north east of Bere Down Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015380.
Bowl barrow 500m north east of Bere Down Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015380.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 60m north east of Hethfelton Farm (9.9 km), Bowl barrow 380m north west of Hyford Cottage (9.9 km), Bowl barrow 300m south east of Hyford Cottage (10 km).
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